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May 2023
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Big Test for Debt Deal as Default Deadli...

The Wall Street Journal
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A.M. Edition for May 30. U.S. lawmakers are set to start voting today on a debt deal brokered by the White House and House Republicans. WSJ reporter Siobhan Hughes and University College London Professor Julie Norman discuss the road ahead and what a freeze on domestic spending could mean for bipartisanship going forward. Plus, residential areas outside Moscow are hit by a drone attack. And China rebuffs a U.S. request for a meeting between their defense chiefs. Luke Vargas hosts.

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